Joey Bada$$ got his start when he was in ninth grade and posted a video of him freestyling on YouTube, with hopes that it would get posted on WorldstarHipHop. "Just maybe I could rap in front of a camera and just maybe it would be good enough and just maybe it will get on Worldstar and just maybe somebody will discover me from that," the 18-year-old rapper says during the interview. "And that's exactly what happened."

The clip drew the attention of manager Jonny Shipes, who also represented Big K.R.I.T. and Smoke DZA. Joey Bada$$ and his The Pro Era crew soon signed with Shipes.

Today, Joey Bada$$ marvels at the power of the Internet and how it launched his career. "I got on through the Internet and people from all around the world knew about me before people in my neighborhood did," he says.